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Starburst centres are a slight variation on the oversewn centre.
Instead of using the stitching to hold the flower together, it’s used to decorate a centre that has already been secured. Firstly, make a flower with a stem stitch centre. |
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Take a length of yarn and thread it into a blunt needle.
Thread the yarn underneath your flower. |
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This allows you to hold the loose end in the hand that is holding the loom and keep your stitching tidy. |
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Take the yarn across to the opposite side of your flower.
Thread the yarn under the flower, coming out at the next space on the left of where you started. |
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and pull through. Don’t pull too tightly. You want your yarn to sit neatly on your flower without pulling the centre out of shape. |
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Take the yarn directly across the flower again.
Thread your yarn under the flower and come out at the next space on the left. |
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Repeat this process |
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until you have worked all the way around as many times as you want. My sample flowers have one round of stitching. |
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Darn in the ends and finish your flowers with whichever edging you prefer.
For these flowers I used a crochet lace edging. |
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This flower also has a shell stitch edging crocheted on the inner flower. |
Copyright Sarah Bradberry, February 21st 2011. All rights reserved.